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Mrs. Barone from Spartanburg, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Meaningful Mentor Texts

My students need quality, relevant mentor texts to help guide instruction in reading workshop and writing workshop.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Barone's classroom raised $252

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Our day is full of active, engaging lessons that help students accomplish their academic goals. I want to help my students achieve success and exceed their potential by getting them excited and involved in their learning.

My students are curious, eager to learn, and love being at school!

My school is a Title I school of 368 students with 157 of them being Hispanic. Many of our students are ESOL(English for Speakers of Other Languages) and work very hard to achieve great academic strides. All of our students really love to be at school because they are engaged in a safe, loving, learning environment. My job truly is so very rewarding and the students make teaching easy because they have a strong desire to learn!

My Project

My students will be able to use these mentor texts in many ways to help them understand story elements . My students will participate in Reader's and Writer's Workshop, where the teacher will facilitate mini-lessons, and the students will have independent practice time. The books that I am asking for in this project are called mentor texts. Using mentor texts as examples of good writing will allow students to try new strategies and take risks as demonstrated in the quality literature they are exposed to during these lessons. Additionally, students will be able to explore these mentor texts individually during Reading Workshop and spend time emulating these published authors through independent writing time. These mentor texts will also relate to curriculum, opening up the door for writing to be connected to every area of their world. "It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge."

The donations from this project will not only expand my classroom library but it will offer my students texts that can relate to and help awaken their own creativity and imagination.

After reading these texts, students will be able to understand the importance of relating to reading and writing. In life, this may be one of the most importance areas to develop strength!

Mrs. Barone Lone Oak Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Spartanburg, SC View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Enemy Pie Derek Munson, Chronicle Books, Tara Calahan King ( • AKJ Books $14.39 1 $14.39
Saturdays and Teacakes • AKJ Books $12.97 1 $12.97
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity • AKJ Books $11.69 1 $11.69
The Keeping Quilt • AKJ Books $11.69 1 $11.69
All the Places to Love • AKJ Books $11.69 1 $11.69
The Moon Over Star Dianna Hutts Aston, Jerry Pinkney (Illust • AKJ Books $11.69 1 $11.69
Fireflies! • AKJ Books $11.69 1 $11.69
Owl Moon • AKJ Books $11.69 1 $11.69
Knuffle Bunny • AKJ Books $11.69 1 $11.69
Summer My Father Was Ten, The (paperback) • AKJ Books $9.86 1 $9.86
Courage Bernard Waber, Bernard Waber (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $8.44 1 $8.44
Visiting Day • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Relatives Came • AKJ Books $5.19 1 $5.19
The Raft Jim Lamarche, Jim Lamarche (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Roller Coaster • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Shortcut • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Bigmama''s • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Jake''s First Word - Level H • AKJ Books $3.90 1 $3.90
So Sleepy • AKJ Books $3.90 1 $3.90
Eat Your Broccoli • AKJ Books $3.90 1 $3.90

Materials cost

$169.10

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $11.92

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$213.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.69

Total project goal

$251.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $251.25

2 Donors

-$226.25

Donations toward project cost

-$192.31

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.94

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

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 $0.00

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